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nature  of  the  country  they  prefer.  Most  species  at  some  time  come 
to  feed  on  to  the  grass  dambos,  which,  as  we  have  already  said,  are 
not  permanently  infested.  The  larger  dambos  are  selected  by  some, 
while  others,  such  as  Kudu  {Strepsiceros  kudu),  will  rarely  if  ever 
leave  the  bush,  or  only  occasionally  appear  on  the  fringe  of  the 
smallest  clearings  for  a  very  short  time.  Rhinoceros  {R.  bicornis) 
and  Buffalo  {Bos  cajfer)  chose  the  densest  bush  obtainable,  and  are 
commonly  localised  to  those  parts  of  the  country  affording  this 
condition.  In  common  with  smaller  game,  they  may  come  into  the 
open  in  search  of  water  or  food,  but  they  are  rarely  to  be  seen  by 
sunlight  except  in  the  bush.  (The  local  variations  in  the  habit  of 
the  Rhinoceros  which  occurs  on  the  plains  of  East  Africa  are 
interesting.)  Opposed  to  these  animals  are  the  Sitatunga  {Trage- 
laphus  spekei)  and  the  Lechwe  {Cobus  lichi),  which  never  approach 
bush  country,  but  live  in  the  swamps  and  reeds,  and  the  Sessaby 
{Damaliscus  lunatus)  and  Puku  {Cobus  vardoni),  which  rarely 
penetrate  into  more  than  park-like  country.  Intermediate  between 
these  groups  comes  the  majority  of  ‘game’ — Eland  {Taurotragiis 
oryx),  Sable  {Kippoiragus  niger).  Roan  {Hippotragus  equinus), 
Zebra  {Equus  burchelli),  Hartebeest  {Bubalis  lichtensieinii),  and 
Waterbuck  {Cobus  ellipsirymnus  and  C.  defasa),  which  spend  the 
heat  of  the  day  in  the  bush,  and  come  to  the  dambo  to  feed  in  the 
evenings  and  early  mornings;  some,  as  for  example  Waterbuck, 
Hartebeest,  Roan  and  Zebra,  perhaps  favour  more  the  open  country, 
and  in  this  agree  with  the  smaller  species,  Reedbuck  {Cervicapra 
arundinuni)  and  Oribi  {Oribia  scoparia).  The  Bushbuck  {Trage- 
laphus  scriptus)  is  rarely  found  far  from  bush  of  a  msitu  character, 
i.e.,  having  water  in  the  vicinity,  and  the  duiker  {Cephalophus 
grimmi)  and  M’pala  {Aepiceros  melampus)  will  seldom  be  seen 
feeding  in  the  open.  Pig,  the  wart-hog  {Phacochoerus  aeihiopicus) 
and  the  bush  variety  {Potomochoerus  chaeropoiamus)  are  also  foun 
chiefly  to  the  bush  country  and  the  edges  of  the  dambos  ;  and  while 
Elephant  may  spend  some  time  in  and  around  water  in  the  open, 
Its  food,  leaves  and  bark  of  certain  trees,  is  found  in  the  timbered 
country  and  the  garden  clearings  made  therein. 
We  have  never  seen  taken  or  suspected  GL  morsitans  on  ammas 
grazing  in  the  open,  excepting  when  they  were  shot  almost  direct  y 
after  emerging  from  the  bush. 
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